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ISO/IEC 20000-1 How to Choose a Certification Body

The applicant implements the system and prepares procedures specific to its own operations and operating records. A certification enquiry to Kayra concerns actual activities, sites, application information, authority and impartiality risks; this role does not include designing or implementing the client’s system.

Updated: 7 October 2026

Agree work that changes actual practice

Specify scope review, gap analysis, process responsibilities, training, controlled documents and support for collecting operating evidence. In a proposed engagement, require outputs the team can use: an assigned action owner, a tested control and a record linked to a real process. Downloaded forms with the client’s logo do not establish implementation. Decide who maintains the system after the adviser leaves.

Keep assessment and decision independent

ISO does not issue certificates. Verify the proposed issuer, standard and activity against any claimed accreditation scope. Consultancy cannot guarantee approval; the competent body evaluates evidence and makes the independent decision. The applicant implements the system and prepares procedures specific to its own operations and operating records. A certification enquiry to Kayra concerns actual activities, sites, application information, authority and impartiality risks; this role does not include designing or implementing the client’s system. A management-system certification body, other parts of the same legal entity and controlled entities cannot offer or provide management-system consultancy; separate contracts do not remove this restriction.

Identify control across the supply chain

In a hypothetical support service using an external cloud provider, compare the customer commitment with the supplier commitment. Define escalation, change notification and performance review responsibilities. Outsourcing does not remove the service organisation’s management responsibility. Explain a dependency that cannot be controlled in the scope and applicability review instead of hiding it.

Standard edition and programme limits

ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018 remains current and has a 2024 amendment. It sets service management-system requirements; ISO/IEC 20000-3:2019 supports scope definition and ISO/IEC 20000-6:2017 concerns certification bodies. Certification is not approval of a software product, an individual qualification or a zero-interruption guarantee.

Official sources and application limits

The operating examples are hypothetical, not customer events or guaranteed decisions. The actual standard and competent body determine requirements.

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